Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The following is a hand that I am very embarrassed to post. The SB is a 43 / 1 in 76 hands at this point; he's limp / calling a lot, and hardly ever raising. The reason I am embarrassed, is because I totally pwned myself... but maybe I'm not totally wrong here:

Flop: ($4.00) Jh 8h Ac (2 players)SB bets $2, Hero raises to $6, SB calls $4His bet out is somewhat suspicious... he hasn't been donk betting a heck of a lot. I immediately put him on Ax - perhaps even a good ace! I want value out of this, so I raise.

Turn: ($16.00) Qc (2 players)SB bets $5, Hero raises to $20, SB calls $15Once again, a lead out... Maybe he hit 2 pair? He had been calling down with second pair, so perhaps QJ is a combo, Ax, or [less likely] AQ?

River: ($56.00) 7d (2 players)SB checks, Hero bets $38.80 all in, SB calls $38.80I want to value town; there are a lot less holdings that will be calling me, and the 7 doesn't change anything. To be honest, I was hoping for an 8, which would be his least likely holding, but a 7 will do.

Am I totally out of line at this point? In retrospect should I be checking behind? Would you be checking behind, or going for max pain for an Ax holding or two pair? Clearly, this guy is not getting away from his hand.

2 comments:

PM,Nothing embarrassing here. Embarrassing would have been checking down or playing weakly while assuming the worst. I expect T9/KhTh to either re-ship the turn (since there are so many redraws out there) or lead for value on the river, so it's very hard to put villain on this hand here. I like your line...you're often getting called by several 2-pair hands and 88.

Thanks noldmax. The fact that I felted myself is the issue. Prior to his call, I'm not even considering a made straight - which is perhaps also embarrassing in and of itself... To top matters off, I stayed around at this table trying to catch something against him to recapture my losses and get him into a favorable situation again, but nothing... I think he was a bit frightened of me, because he folded readily to any activity from me - and he had position on me.